In the past few months we've seen multiple pump n dump coins come and go... we've realized they almost all have the quick mining and then low block rate forever approach until max supply to try to create maximum profit... but not really thinking about what parameters are "good" for a coin to survive longterm. I think people are starting to finally realize that instead of a max supply in short numbers, the coin to survive will be the one with unlimited coins but stable inflation...debasement is key to a currencies survival long term in an economy. Some people like Anonnymint are aruguing that this is the way of the future for crypto's...and as a result you see ethereum which is claiming to be the "next" coin has unlimited coin inflation... I think the coin that does everything already exists, just people don't realize it yet. Devcoin... the good thing is we leverage mining for bitcoin and give 90% of coins to useful work something whcih no other coin can do because they can't start the merge-mining process with bitcoin at this point... with asics Devcoin has the unique market advantage of offering the parameters of a coin that will survive as well as providing benefits like allowing people t work for devcoin via the share system...
Unless POS coins come to do the same, there is really no risk of a competitor for devcoin which is why I think its one of the unique ones that may be able to fit our economic landscape like a glove. However POS coins have not been proven yet.